The force may be strong with you on the fourth, but can you say the same about your passwords? The 4th of May is not only Star Wars day but it is the World Password Day as well. Rest assured, […]
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The Trump administration is already making good on its campaign promise to significantly rollback federal regulations. With change imminent, compliance and risk managers have found themselves in a fast-moving and unpredictable environment. Regulatory reform poses a unique challenge for compliance
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Earlier this week, I was briefed on Dell Data Guardian—a new offering from what is now arguably the biggest tech company in the world, focused on making file level security braindead-easy to use. Big companies making things easy for users
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The current state of AV testing is sort of the cybersecurity version of standardized testing in schools. It’s a pet peeve of mine when schools “teach the test”–focusing on ensuring students perform adequately on standardized tests rather than making sure
Cylance Controversy Illustrates What’s Wrong with AV Testing Read More »
Lately, we’ve been hearing on a daily basis about alleged wiretapping by leaders and governments both foreign and domestic. Americans find themselves asking, What is our government up to? What might be the consequences of governments’ abilities to listen into
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I assume you have some sort of password set up to prevent unauthorized access to your Windows 10 tablet or PC. If you have a device capable of using Windows 10 facial recognition, hopefully you’re using that as well. The
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The US Senate and House both voted this week to overturn privacy rules that had been adopted by the FCC last year. The rules had not actually gone into effect yet, but thanks to Congress your internet service provider is
Congress Chose Corporate Greed Over Your Privacy: What You Should Know Read More »
If anything has been clear in the last couple of years, it’s that the barriers to becoming a successful cybercriminal keep coming down. Internet connectivity is more accessible, technology is more affordable, and traditionally ‘dumb’ devices are smarter. This has
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DNS amplification attacks have been used for several years. The Spamhaus attack of 2013 was the first large scale DDoS attack using DNS amplification. This attack reached up to 300Gbps and involved up to 30,000 open DNS resolvers. The attack
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A lack of qualified security professionals is putting businesses at risk of increasingly complex and dangerous cyber threats. “Every year the number of threats and the sophistication of those threats escalate,” says Alice Hill, Managing Director at Dice.com. “It’s a
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